Tandem Repeats Domain in Candida Albicans Als Adhesins
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Candida albicans Als adhesins have conserved amyloid-forming sequences.
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عنوان ژورنال: Biophysical Journal
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0006-3495
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.12.2463